Bioeconomy: Costa Rica’s bid to develop agriculture and rural areas

Throughout this year, the Central American country has been preparing a national strategy on this issue, with input from public institutions involved in science, technology, the environment and agriculture.

Experiences in seven countries will inform IICA’s bioeconomy strategies for Latin America and the Caribbean

Experiences in the United States, Germany, Colombia, Spain, Japan, South Africa, Malaysia and the European Union will provide a frame of reference for the development of methodological guidelines and analyses.

IICA calls for an acceleration of the process to transform agriculture in America’s tropical belt countries

Sitting on a panel with agriculture sector leaders at the Toronto Global Forum, Manuel Otero, the Director General of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), called for productivity shortcomings to be addressed.